Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Chaperos by Dennis Cooper

17 reviews

joy_ong's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Violence

devin_raquel's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book has the most disturbing imagery I’ve ever read. A really interesting story, one that does make you think despite the graphic content. But I DO NOT recommend reading, and if you do PLEASE check trigger warnings, cause this one gets dark. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Cursing, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death, Excrement, Drug use, Addiction, and Cancer

tbrnichols's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A truly sick book, some of the most depraved things I've ever read. I think my main problem with it is that the violence depicted didn't seem like a caring and sexy sort of violence? Or even like a personal, domineering sort of violence, instead it felt impersonal and rote, meaningless and horrible. I think this book may have temporarily ruined violence in sex for me by inserting the doubt that those doing violence to me are doing it without the attachment and value it deserves. I think there actually is a way to write about this sort of thing in a hopeful way, and there are definitely glimpses of that here, but being surrounded by such depravity and hatred can make it hard to sift those out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Rape, Torture, Body horror, Self harm, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Addiction, Vomit, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

horrorhayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Abortion, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Body shaming, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

kokeb's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Body horror, Excrement, Gore, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Hate crime, Medical content, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Torture

nadletab's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

holy shit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Rape, Self harm, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Addiction, Terminal illness, Vomit, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

dhernandez's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury